The future
beckon us forth with its potential magic and miracles. And I
donít know about you but Iíve been shocked at the number of deaths of too
many young people in our society, and the wasted lives lost in prison of those
who killed them - the shootings of those young teenagers in Peckham, London, the
murders of young Kiyam Prince, Alex Walker, Stephen Lawrence, Damilola Taylor,
and Jonathon Ap Rhys Price - with their wonderfully promising futures snuffed
out so horrifically, the dreadful murders of those 5 pretty young girls in
Ipswich Suffolk working in the shadowlands of prostitution. It truly is
time for a change in our society. Let's dare to dream a bigger dream that
will benefit this world of ours. Thereís too
much lost potential.

No-one aspires to be a prostitute, a drug addict, a mugger, a murderer.
Somewhere on their yellow brick road through life they made some bad choices,
came to a turning point, and found themselves on a woe road on which they just
couldnít quite see the exit route to get them back home to themselves.

We can all sit back and say that it has nothing to do with us. But it has. We
all live in the same world, and our children and grandchildren walk in the same
streets. Our communities have plenty of disenfranchised, disengaged young
people that we can re-engage with integrity, warmth and genuineness. And our
children and grandchildren will live with the consequences of that or the
alternative. Some of these young people Ė and Iíve worked with quite a few Ė
have had difficult lives. And yet I see their potential and I know you do
too. We have the skills, the know-how, and the potential to make the biggest
difference. And the time is just right to do that now. Margaret Mead (who was
married to Gregory Bateson the man that helped birth NLP by connecting Dr
Richard Bandler with Milton Erickson) said ĎNever doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing
that ever hasí.

Change one life, change the future. We can all do something to help. I've just
bought the websites www.worldchangeagents.com
and www.worldchangeagents.co.uk
and Iím hoping to set up an international charity World Change Agents, which
will bring people with heart, soul, and a sense of humour to engage with young
people in our communities. Psychologists talk of Ď6 Degrees of Separationí so
just imagine each of us in a worldwide soul network connecting with young people
who are just on the cusp of taking the low road instead of the high road of
potentiality. What a world of difference we can create. And just think of
the echoes and ripples that can cascade not only across our communities but
onwards into future generations.

Mission Possible! We are Agents of Change and can mentor and coach young people.
And Iím planning on having at least one spare chair in my trainings for a young
person I believe can be a powerful change agent - will you too have one spare
chair and invite in a young one? If not now, when? If not you, who?

It takes just one person to be a change agent and break a bad pattern. It
takes just one person. Is that one person you?

The
wonderful Mat Rose
has kindly gifted us for free our wonderful world change agents logo, and an
Identity Confirmed template for you when you sign up as an Agent of Change.
You will have your own unique ID number, and you will be given a Secret Mission
that you generate for yourself and let us have. And, at the end of the
year, we will ask you for your Mission Complete report. The website can
host photos, short bios and links to Agentsí websites.

My hope is that much of the administration of the
charity can be done by young people themselves who can be put on a
rolling programme of short-term training contracts to learn business
skills which will
provide them with a good reference and set of skills to feed forward
into
further employment opportunities on their sunshine bright road to the
future.

And in the
meantime we need the following - please do help us:-

Someone to help with the process
of creating and registering the charity - please!!

More agents across the UK and
across the world - come on you know you can make a difference and leave a
lasting legacy of change!

A young woman called Tracey Waterer kindly sent this to me and I share it here
with you:

You are a Star!

A star is a person

With a light so bright

They light up the way to home

When we have lost our way

Change one life, change the future! Just imagine all those ripples and echoes
Ö. May The Force be with you Ė hereís to magic and miracles in 2008 and
beyond!

Kath Temple is an MSc Business Psychologist, Trainer,
Coaching Psychologist, NLP and EFT Trainer, Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist,
NLP Master and Reiki Master based in Suffolk, England. You can contact Kath atkath@lifelonglearningcompany.comor call her on 01502 562162.